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Wheat Yield by African country

7,090 kg/haZambia · highest shown · 2024

Zambia has the highest reported wheat yield among the 32 countries shown, at 7,090 kg/ha (2024).

Wheat yield, in kilograms per hectare harvested (FAOSTAT). 32 of 54 countries are shown. Open a country to see its source details and available history.

#1 vs #3223×Zambia vs Mozambique
Median1,667 kg/haUganda
Lowest313 kg/haMozambique

By region

unweighted mean of countries shown
Southern Africa3,792 kg/ha
7 countries shown · highest value: Zambia
North Africa2,649 kg/ha
6 countries shown · highest value: Egypt
West Africa2,452 kg/ha
4 countries shown · highest value: Niger
Central Africa1,454 kg/ha
4 countries shown · highest value: Angola
East Africa1,418 kg/ha
11 countries shown · highest value: Kenya

Full ranking

32 of 54 countries
#CountryWheat YieldPeriod
1Zambia
7,090 kg/ha2024
2Namibia
7,066 kg/ha2024
3Egypt
6,778 kg/ha2024
4Zimbabwe
4,863 kg/ha2024
5South Africa
3,809 kg/ha2024
6Sudan
3,147 kg/ha2024
7Niger
3,069 kg/ha2024
8Kenya
3,044 kg/ha2024
9Mali
2,965 kg/ha2024
10Ethiopia
2,904 kg/ha2024
11Madagascar
2,407 kg/ha2024
12Mauritania
2,197 kg/ha2024
13Tunisia
2,146 kg/ha2024
14Eswatini
1,854 kg/ha2024
15Angola
1,725 kg/ha2024
16Algeria
1,667 kg/ha2024
17Uganda
1,667 kg/ha2024
18Chad
1,628 kg/ha2024
19Nigeria
1,574 kg/ha2024
20Morocco
1,388 kg/ha2024
21Tanzania
1,376 kg/ha2024
22Cameroon
1,337 kg/ha2024
23Rwanda
1,272 kg/ha2024
24Botswana
1,144 kg/ha2024
25Democratic Republic of the Congo
1,125 kg/ha2024
26Eritrea
1,000 kg/ha2024
27Libya
768 kg/ha2024
28Burundi
730 kg/ha2024
29Lesotho
720 kg/ha2024
30Malawi
488 kg/ha2024
31Somalia
401 kg/ha2024
32Mozambique
313 kg/ha2024

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GET /v1/data

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curl "https://api.africa-api.com/v1/data?metric_key=wheat_yield_kg_per_ha&latest=true&country_codes=NG,KE,ZA,EG" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $AFRICA_API_KEY"

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Which observations are included?

The table includes 32 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each row shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.

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